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This page contains novels and collections that takes place during the twentieth century (circa 1900 to present) that do not fall into the other categories which I have segregated by genre, and includes general literature, romance, adventure, and anything else which I may have had difficulty categorizing elsewhere.

The Same Door by John Updike (January 1964) $2.00
"16 Short Stories by the Most Talked-About Young Writer in America."
Crest Books #D676 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Nice save for some sticker residue on lower back cover.)

Seacliff Nurse by Peggy O'More (circa 1970s) $3.00
"Cherry Caldwell Had Two Heart-Rending Choices to Make: Between Love and Family Loyalty."
Magnum Books #73-664 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Near Mint.

The Sensualist by George B. Mettler (November 1970) $6.00
"Mark Richards Was Very Good at Loving, and He Loved to Use His Formidable Skils."
Dell Publishing #7625 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

The Shocking Secret by Holly Roth (1954) $12.00
Dell Publishing #850 [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

The Short Night by Russell Turner (July 1957) $5.00
Hillman Books #103 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Sin of Father Amaro by Eca de Quieroz (1964) $4.00
Corgi Books UK [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine.

Sin-Stained by Roland Vane (1950) $8.00
"After What You’ve Done to Me... Kill Me!"
Archer Press Ltd. UK [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Minus.

Sir Boss by Ralph Bushnell Potts (1976) $5.00
"A Tough Labor Story With Soft and Beautiful Women."
Falcon Books [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint save for mild fading to spine.

Skinhead Girls by Richard Allen (1972) $68.00
"The Horrifying Story of a Bother Girl."
New English Library #012956 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Minus.

Skylark Mission by Ian MacAllister (May 1973) $2.00
Fawcett Gold Medal #M3254 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

The Slave by Micheline Maurel (1958) $8.00
"Were You Raped? Were You Beaten? Were You Tortured?
The Soul Cries Out... the Camps of Fear Have a Spokesman."
Belmont Books #208 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Minus. (Edge and corner wear, chipping upper right corner of cover.)

A Slight Case of Scandal by Jack Iams (October 1950) $6.00
"It Began as Innocent Fun..."
Lion Books #46 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good.

A Small Town in Germany by John le Carre (January 1970) $2.00
Dell Publishing #8036 [Fourth Printing]
Book is Near Mint Minus.

The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward (December 1960) $6.00
"The Dramatic Bestseller About a Beautiful Woman's Plunge Into the Nightmare
World of the Mentally Ill and Her Agonizing Climb Back to Health and Freedom!"
Signet Books #D1887 [Seventh Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

The Sound by Ross Russell (1962) $12.00
"One of the Few Fictional Treatments of the Jazz World That Has Validity."
MacFadden Books #50-131 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima (September 1971) $3.00
"A Story of Young Love, by the World Renowned Japanese Novelist."
Berkley Medallion Books #N2059 [Fourth Printing]
Book is Fine.

Starfire by Robert Buckner (October 1960) UNAVAILABLE
"The Hilarious Exploits of a Bashful Scientist and a
Creature Gorgeous Enough to Send Any Man Into Orbit."
Perma Books #M-4185 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

The Strangers by William E. Wilson (1952) $10.00
"An Explosive Triangle of Human Passions!"
Cover art by George Erikson.
Dell Publishing #834 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Summer in Sodom by Edwin Fey (June 1965) $8.00
"A Daring Novel of Two Handsome Young Men and Their Strange Passion for Each Other!"
Paperback Library #54-808 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Edge wear.)

The Super-Jet Girls by Bernard Glemser (September 1971) $12.00
"A Mile-High Frolic with the Playgirls of the Air!"
From the author of The Fly Girls.
Bantam Books #Q6904 [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

Swap by Roy B. Sparkia (October 1967) $6.00
"A Harmless Party Game Explodes Into Marital Fireworks.
What Happens When Six Couples Agree to Trade Mates... Just for the Ride Home?"
Signet Books #P-3294 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine.

Sword and Scalpel by Frank G. Slaughter (September 1960) $3.00
"An Intense Story of an Army Doctor Charged With Treason."
Perma Books #M-4092 [Third Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

The Teahouse of the August Moon by Vern Sneider (April 1962) $3.00
Literary inspiration for the film starring Marlon Brando and Glenn Ford.
Signet Books #P2146 [Seventh Printing]
Book is Fine.

The Tents of Wickedness by Peter de Vries (July 1960) $4.00
"A Riotous Bestseller About a Fancy-Free Girl Who Believes in Free
Expression, Free Verse & Free Love."
Signet Books #D1827 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus.

That Cold Day in the Park by Richard Miles (1967) $6.00
"She Found Him on a Park Bench--and Having Found Him, Kept Him--Locked
Him in Her Flat and Began to Build Her Erotic Dream Into a Reality..."
Corgi Books UK #GN7727 [First Printing]
Book is Fine. (Nice save for same creasing upper right corner of front cover.)

This Very Earth by Erskine Caldwell (September 1961) $3.00
Signet Books #S1564 [Twelfth Printing]
Book is Very Good.

The Thrill Kids by Vin Packer (August 1955) $5.00
"Kids on the prowl for Girls--For Thrills--For Kicks--For Murder!"
Fawcett Gold Medal Books #510 [First Printing]
Book is Good Plus. (Heavy wear along spine, some corner wear.)

The Ticket That Exploded by William S. Burroughs (1978) $5.00
Grove Press #B-164 [Fourth Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus. (Mild corner creasing.)

A Time to Kill by Geoffrey Household (June 1953) $3.00
"He Couldn't Stop to Take His Enemies Alive!"
Pennant Books #25 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Edge and corner wear, particularly along spine.)

To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway (July 1956) $3.00
Perma Books #M-3041 [Fifth Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Wear to bottom of spine.)

Torment by Scott Graham Williamson (February 1953) $12.00
"They Made a Living Out of Love!"
Originally published as A Convoy Through the Dream.
Popular Library #479 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.

The Tormentors by Robert Payne aka Richard Cargoe (1959) $12.00
"Passion in the Siberian Gold Fields."
Cover art by Paul Rader.
Hillman Books #107 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

The Tough Ones Edited by Whit Burnett & Hallie Burnett (1959) $10.00
"Stories of Life in the Raw!"
Includes contributions from Stuart Cloete, Norman Mailer & Robert Payne.
Popular Library #G352 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good.

The Track of the Cat by Walter van Tilburg Clark (December 1961) $3.00
"Evil Stalks the Lives of a Nevada Valley Family."
Signet Books #T1990 [Second Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

Tragic Ground by Erskine Caldwell (June 1957) $3.00
"Penniless Southerners in a Squatters' Slum Who Fill Their
Jobless Days With Haphazard Lovemaking."
Signet Books #661 [Twenty-Sixth Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

Tuned Out by Maia Wojciechowska (September 1969) $5.00
Dell Publishing #9139 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

The Turn of the Screw & Daisy Miller by Henry James (circa 1970s) $3.00
Magnum Easy Eye Books #13-433 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Fine.

The Unvanquished by William Faulkner (December 1952) $3.00
Signet Books #977 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus.

The Velvet Knife by Irving Shulman (April 1959) $6.00
"The World of the Flesh Merchants--and a Starlet Who'd Do Anything If The Part Was Right."
Popular Library #G436 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good. (Edge and corner wear.)

The Way of the Wicked by William Woolfolk (May 1959) $7.00
"She Bought Success and Power--With Passion!"
Monarch Books #118 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good.

The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck (circa 1960s) $3.00
"His Famous Novel of Crisis and Passion."
Bantam Books #H2894 [Eighth Printing]
Book is Fine. (Minor edge wear.)

Web of the City by Harlan Ellison (December 1975) $7.00
Originally published as Rumble.
Cover art by Leo & Diane Dillon.
Pyramid Books [Printing Unknown]
Book is Very Fine Plus.

Welcome to the Club by Clement Biddle Wood (July 1968) $5.00
"The Wildest Mixture of Race and Sex Since One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding."
Ballantine Books #U6129 [First Printing]
Book is Very Good Plus. (Creasing on cover along spine.)

While Still We Live by Helen MacInnes (circa 1960s) $4.00
Crest Books #M1170 [Printing Unknown]
Book is Near Mint.

White Hunter, Black Heart by Peter Vertel (1963) $4.00
"His Scandalous Love Affairs Were Legendary, But No Woman Could Satisfy His Violent Lust."
Macfadden Books #75-120 [First Printing]
Book is Fine.

Wife for Sale by Kathleen Norris (May 1947) $3.00
"Has Any Woman the Right to Sell Her Soul for Security?"
Pocket Books #440 [Second Printing]
Book is Very Good save for separation of plastic coating on cover around edges.

The Wild Place by Bogart Carlaw (April 1955) $20.00
Originally published as Giants Should Be Gelded.
"The Furious Story of an Angry Man!"
Lion Library #LL-22 [First Printing]
Book is Near Mint.

Women's Battalion by W.A. Ballinger (1967) $6.00
"Their Guns Were Deadly, Their Knives Were Sharp. And They Had Other Weapons!"
Lancer Books #73-669 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Minus. (Corner creasing.)

Work of Art by Sinclair Lewis (1962) $3.00
"Power, Money, Women--None Could Appease This Man's Driving Hunger!"
Popular Library #W1168 [First Printing]
Book is Very Fine Minus.

The Young Who Sin by John Haase (1958) $10.00
"A Pulsating Novel of a Girl of the Streets and a Love-Starved Boy."
Avon Books #T-454 [First Printing]
Book is Fine Plus.


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